External cooling solutions?

[Celestron]

I wonder why we dont see more of this? An external cooling cabinet that houses rads, fans, pumps and a reservoir. My ideal cooling setup is pretty hard lines for the CPU/GPU blocks that run to a distribution plate. The hot/cold feeds then run from that, out of the case where they change over to soft tubing that then runs through the wall into the cooling cabinet. So not only is noise gone with having it on the other side of a wall, but maintenance becomes alot easier as well, no? This way you only need to drain cpu/gpu/distro block then pop the disconnects from wall to break down the PC. Have the cooling system be an entire separate entity. So when it comes to noise and ease of maintenance why do we not see more of this? You could also go crazy on radiator size and use high-power fans.

[digiguy]

The ideal for this kind of solution would be a beer-cooling (draft) setup where the temperature of the reservoir is kept just above the dew-point. This to prevent possible condensation. For each setup a cooling spiral is required where the pump is switched by the PC. Both the dimensions and possible flow ratio of the spirals are perfectly suited for this. Isolating the intake sides, of the PC that is, would possibly keep the temps around ambient. And better than that is unattainable.

[Celestron]

Well I suppose this idea isnt so much about EXTREME cooling, but more for silence and ease-of-use/maintenance. But with an external cooling setup you could do whatever you want without any major modifications to the PC itself. You can have an extreme setup or even just a modest one with how modular an external system could be. Which is why I wonder we dont see more of it in the custom water cooling scene. It even changes the case you go with because now you wont need space for rads, fans, pumps and reservoirs. You could go small for factor with Full ATX cooling.